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dates growing on the date palm

The Date Palm is a palm. It has been cultivated for a very long time because of its edible fruit. This fruit is called date. The tree is between 15m and 25m high. It has long leaves that look like feathers. Such leaves are called pinnate. The leaves can grow to 3-5 meters in length. The leaves have visible spines. There are about 150 leaflets. Each leaflet can be up to 30 cm in length and 2cm in breadth. The full span of the crown of the tree is 6 to 10 meters.

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transporting the date fruit

 

drying the dates in the sun

 

wholeseller

 

 

for sale in the Rissani souk

 

 

 

dates in the double baskets
designed for transport on a mule or donkey

 

 

 

 

 


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